Body found near Lake Michigan in Evanston

Evanston police are conducting a death investigation after a man with a gunshot wound to his head was found Sunday morning along Lake Michigan, officials said today.

The man, who has not been identified, was found with a revolver nearby on the rocks along Lake Michigan at about 11:30 a.m., said Evanston Police Cmdr. Tom Guenther.

While the cause of death is pending an autopsy officials are looking at the incident as a possible suicide, according to a spokeswoman with the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Police said the man's body was found on the rocks lining the lakefront by home owners on the 900 block of Edgemere Court who contacted police about 11:30 a.m.

The man did not have any identification and dressed in a purple shirt, black pants and dress shoes, Guenther said. He said officials could not determine the man's race and did not know how long the body had been on the rocks. No note was found.

The man appeared to be in his 30s, said the Cook County medical examiner's spokeswoman. Guenther said.